Power poles

In the early 1980s Ballarat had a number of kerbside power poles with the arm mounted from one end and the other supported by a bracket at an angle of 45 degrees, rather than the standard arrangement where the arm is mounted on the pole from its centre. One of Weston Langford's photos of taken of the Peel Street bridge in 1981 shows one of these poles. Using Google Street view I located two poles, one in Baird St and one in Beaufort Cres.that retain this arm style.   

I therefore decided to change two of the existing power poles to this style and reposition a number of the existing poles to reflect there real location on Baird St and Beaufort Cres. 

The poles are made from bamboo skewers that are cut to an appropriate length. A narrow strip of paper is wrapped around the top of the pole to produce the metal cap. The arms and brackets are made 20' thou styrene cut to an appropriate width and length. The insulators were cut off some American Lifelike powerpoles that came from a cheep train set. The pole was painted with a mix of Humbrol matt light grey and natural wood, while the arms were painted light grey, brackets silver and the isolated white.

Off centre mounted arm on a power pole in Beaufort Cres.

Standard single arm power pole in Beaufort Cres.

Off centre mounted arm on power pole in Baird Street. The pole is mounted against the backboard as the street here merges into the back scenery.

Looking across MacArthur St with 6 power poles in view.

Looking down Baird St.

Looking across MacArthur St to Beaufort Cres and Baird St